Asthma and rheumatism had wrecked the health of August “Pop” Schliermacher, age 72, so much that he realized the diseases were going to kill him. Things had gotten so bad for him that he could not always make it out … Continue reading
The battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862. Today’s post will be a combination of fact and interpretation. I think Cross Keys is a good topic to look at in both ways. After all, even the National … Continue reading
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Perhaps not so surprisingly, my post this week (and first new substantive post in awhile) is not on one of the topics I mentioned last week. Not directly anyway. Going back into “research mode” I’ve found some interesting letters online, … Continue reading
Craig Swain’s latest post on his great blog “To the Sound of the Guns” reminded me that it is time to get back to blogging myself. By the way, he was gracious enough to mention this blog in his post … Continue reading
Title quote from Stanza 4 of the Civil War song “I’m going to fight mit Sigel” Going back to a previous posting of a winter letter , I am devoting this post to a quick review of the author of that … Continue reading
Harry Truman was a voracious reader; typically he would have five or six books, maybe more, that he would be reading at one time. Unfortunately, of all Truman’s traits, I most assuredly share this one. I have, I think, four … Continue reading
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Today’s post has a decidedly different character. While it is Civil War-related, it is most definitely not about the 11th Corps. My original plan was to begin looking at the Sigel letter and putting it in the context of how … Continue reading
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